Worker killed in coffee factory leak ID'd

Updated 7:59 pm, Friday, November 13, 2015

One person was taken to the hospital from a coffee roasting plant at 3900 Harrisburg after a reported chemical leak, Nov. 12, 2015. (Screen shot via Google Maps)

One person was taken to the hospital from a coffee roasting plant at 3900 Harrisburg after a reported chemical leak, Nov. 12, 2015. (Screen shot via Google Maps)

Worker killed in coffee factory leak ID'd

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A worker at a Houston coffee factory who died after exposure to a carbon dioxide leak has been identified as Steven Reyna.

Reyna, a 20-year veteran of Atlantic Coffee Solutions, died in the hospital after emergency workers responded to a carbon dioxide alarm at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, according to a statement from the company.

The 53-year-old was pronounced dead at Memorial Hermann Hospital at 8:53 a.m., according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Capt. Ruy Lozano of the Houston Fire Department said the leak posed no threat to the community.